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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Pet peeve: Wasteful packaging

Why is it so many companies use huge boxes to display and ship tiny products? Such wastefulness has bothered me for a long time. Recently, I received an order that was just so ridiculous I had to share.

I ordered a tiny HDMI adapter from a popular online store. A few days later, I received a large box. I was confused at first, since I knew I hadn't ordered anything so large. Then I opened the box: